Can something be done about the bend?

As this morning’s accident was at least the fourth in the three years we’ve been here, I decided to contact Aberdeenshire Council’s Roads Department to see if something could be done about the bend.

I’ve just sent them an email about the situation and copied it to our three local councillors - Hazel Al-Kowarri, Allison Grant and Sheena Lonchay - as well as to the Press and Journal, our daily newspaper.

I also pointed out that in addition to the accidents in the time we’ve been here, there was also a fatality not long before we bought the croft plus a number of other accidents.

Crash

We and our neighbours have had a busy and traumatic morning as we dealt with the consequences of yet another car crash along one of the croft’s road frontages.

I was feeding the pigs around 7.15am when I heard a car approaching fast along Western Road from the Huntly direction and, as is often the case, I thought “another one going too fast”.

I looked up to see a black car come around the bend at considerable speed and start to slide on the through the water left by this morning’s light rain showers.